{"id":47445,"date":"2026-04-24T12:03:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T11:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?p=47445"},"modified":"2026-04-24T12:03:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T11:03:25","slug":"contest-news-26-april-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/news\/gb2rs\/contest-news\/2026\/04\/24\/contest-news-26-april-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Contest News \u2013 26 April 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, 26 April, the UK Microwave Group EHF Band Contest<\/strong> runs from 0800 to 1700UTC.<\/p>\n

Using all modes on 76 to 241GHz frequencies, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.<\/p>\n

The SP DX RTTY Contest<\/strong> started at 1200UTC yesterday, 25 April, and runs until 1200UTC today, 26 April.<\/p>\n

Using RTTY on the 80 to 10m bands, where contests are permitted, the exchange is signal report and serial number.<\/p>\n

Polish stations also send their province code.<\/p>\n

Also today, 26 April, the British Amateur Radio Teledata Group Sprint 25 Contest<\/strong> runs from 1700 to 2100UTC.<\/p>\n

Using 75 baud RTTY on the 80 to 10m bands, where contests are permitted, the exchange is your six-character locator.<\/p>\n

The UK and Ireland Contest Club DX CW Contest<\/strong> started at 1200UTC yesterday, 25 April, and ends at 1200UTC today, 26 April.<\/p>\n

Using CW on the 80 to 10m bands, where contests are permitted, the exchange is signal report and serial number.<\/p>\n

Full rules, including UK and EI area codes, are available at tinyurl.com\/ukeiccrules<\/a><\/p>\n

Tomorrow, 27 April, the RSGB FT4 Series Contest<\/strong> runs from 1900 to 2100UTC.<\/p>\n

Using FT4 on the 80 to 10m bands, where contests are permitted, the exchange is your report.<\/p>\n

On Tuesda, 28 April, the RSGB SHF UK Activity Contest<\/strong> runs from 1830 to 2130UTC.<\/p>\n

Using all modes on 2.3 to 10GHz frequencies, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, 29 April, the UK and Ireland Contest Club 80m Contest<\/strong> runs from 2000 to 2100UTC.<\/p>\n

Using CW on the 80m band, the exchange is your six-character locator.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, 30 April, the RSGB 80m Club Championship<\/strong> runs from 1900 to 2030UTC.<\/p>\n

Using PSK63 and RTTY on the 80m band, the exchange is signal report and serial number.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, 2 May, the RSGB 432MHz Trophy Contest<\/strong> runs from 1400 to 2000UTC.<\/p>\n

Using all modes on the 70cm band, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.<\/p>\n

The RSGB 432 to 245GHz Contest<\/strong> starts at 1400UTC on Saturday, 2 May and ends at 1400UTC on Sunday, 3 May.<\/p>\n

Using all modes on 432 to 245GHz frequencies, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.<\/p>\n

The UK Six Metre Group Summer Marathon<\/strong> starts at 0000UTC on Saturday, 2 May and ends at 2359UTC on Sunday, 2 August.<\/p>\n

Using all modes on the 6m band, the exchange is your four-character locator.<\/p>\n

The ARI International DX Contest<\/strong> starts at 1200UTC on Saturday, 2 May and ends at 1159UTC on Sunday, 3 May.<\/p>\n

Using CW, RTTY and SSB on the 80 to 10m bands, the exchange is signal report and serial number. Italian stations also give their province code.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, 3 May, the UK Microwave Group Low Band Contest<\/strong> runs from 0900 to 1400UTC.<\/p>\n

Using all modes on 1.3 to 3.4GHz frequencies, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.<\/p>\n

Also on Sunday, 3 May, the Worked All Britain 7MHz Phone Contest<\/strong> runs from 1000 to 1400UTC.<\/p>\n

Using SSB only on the 40m band, the exchange is signal report, serial number and Worked All Britain square.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today, 26 April, the UK Microwave Group EHF Band Contest runs from 0800 to 1700UTC. Using all modes on 76 to 241GHz frequencies, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. The SP DX RTTY Contest started at 1200UTC yesterday, 25 April, and runs until 1200UTC today, 26 April. Using RTTY on the 80 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20399,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-contest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20399"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47445"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47446,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47445\/revisions\/47446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}